Short-term Accommodations — Do We Protect Investors or Quality of...
By John Francis
The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula has resolved to “do something” about Short-term Accommodations. This is going to be challenging and complicated....
Solving the Parking/Crowding Problems Will Be 2021’s Thorniest Challenge
The most compelling part of MNBP Council’s Dec 21 Meeting came under “Correspondence” — a letter from Elaine Blau. She asked if Council and...
We Need to Give Council and Staff Data — Not Just...
By John Francis,Bruce Peninsula Press
The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula is run by a bureaucracy. It’s the most efficient bureaucracy I’ve ever seen, but...
Publisher’s Column: Conflict of Interest is Complicated
By John Francis
A letter in this newspaper asks why MNBP Councillor Smokey Golden does not recuse herself when the dispute between Parks Canada and...
Cottagers are Not the Enemy
By John Francis
There has been a lot of anger and scandal on social media about cottagers coming to the Bruce Peninsula for the weekend...
Men’s Breakfast Appearance Turns Out to Be CAO’s Swan Song
By John Francis
One Saturday morning every month, there is a Men’s Breakfast in Tobermory. The guest speaker on January 18 was our municipal CAO...
Publisher’s Column: COVID-19 is About to Get Real in Our Community....
By John Francis
Back in April and May a lot of MNBP residents got very indignant about people coming up to their cottages during the...
Publisher’s Column: Tour of Europe Showcases the Benefit of Eliminating...
Wanda and I are doing a six-week romp through Europe. One of our motivations was to see how tourism looks in other places, especially...
Publisher’s Column: Who Is Responsible for Educating and Rescuing the Unwary?
By John Francis
Northern Bruce Peninsula offers access to some of the wildest fresh water in Canada. Unfortunately, most people seem to regard this as...
Publisher’s Column: OK — Baking and Gardening. But What Else Can...
By John Francis
In a lot of ways, it’s going to be like the 1960s — everybody’s broke and there won’t be any tourists until...